I blew away CUPS last night, not noticing it was taking Gnome with it. In the past, I've mixed "aptitude remove" with "dpkg -r", then cleaning up after the result.
What's the right way with aptitude? How do I not blow away $SOMEWANTEDPACKAGE correctly? I'm running sarge. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]